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J. A. CHILDS.

PLANTBR.

Patented Aug. 23, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE@ JESSE ALFRED CHILDS, OF COUSHATTA, LOUISIANA.

PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,811, dated August 23, 1887.

Applicatirn filed April 20, 1887. Serial No. 235,548.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEssE ALFRED CHILDs, of Goushatta, in the parish of Bed River and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Planters, of'which the following is a specication.

My invention consists in an improved cotton and corn planter, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is aperspective view of my improved planter. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view, and Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof.

The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Referring to the several parts by letter, A represents the rectangular main frame, which is supported at its front end on the Wheels B B, which turn on the front axle, (l, which is rigidly secured in bearings at the front end of the frame, while'the rear end of the 'frame is supported on corresponding Wheels, B' B', which turn with axles D, supported at the rear end of the rectangular frame. is provided at its rear end with the handles E, of ordinary construction.

ln the center of the front cross-piece, F, of the main frame, to the rear of the front axle, is adj ustably secured the vertically-adjustable standard G' of the plow G, which opens the furrow, and on the central cross-piece, H, of the main frame is secured the hopper I, the ends of which slant toward the bottom, as shown, the bottom of the hopper beingformed with the discharge-opening?, and the crosspiece on which the hopper is secured has a transverse bearing, H', in its upper side at the center thereof, which opening or bearing com municates with the opening in the bottom of the hopper. In this opening reciprocates a semi-cylindric slide, K, having two vertical feed-openings, K' K', one toward each end, andthe rear end of this cylinder is formed with the jaws K2, between which is pivoted the forward end of a pitman, L, the rear end of which is screwed in a bearing, M', on the front edge of an adjustable removable ring,M, which fits and moves in the annular groove l in the periphery of an eccentric cam, N, which is secured eccentrically on the central portion of the rear revolving axle, D, and rotates therewith. This ring M is made in two halves The frame (No modeL or sections, as shown, to permit of its being removed and placed on eccentrics of different size, which may be secured on the rear axle according to the distance apart at which it is desired to sow the hills. i

The planter may be impelled forward by one man, if desired, or one or more horses may be employed; and it will be seen that as the wheels revolve the rear axle will rotate its central eccentric cam, which will in turn operate through the ring M and the connectingrod or pitman L to reciprocate the cylinder K, so as to bring rst one and then the other of its vertical feedapertures K' to register with the dischargeopening in the bottom of the hopper.

On the rear revolving axle, D, to 'the right of its central eccentric earn, N, is rigidly secured a small eccentric cam, O, having an annular groove, O', in its periphery, in which fits and moves an adjustable removalhle ring, P, similar in construction to the large ring M, and having on its forward edge a bearing, P', in which is screwed the rear end of a connecting-rod or pitman, Q, the front end of which is pivoted to the lower end of an arm, B, rigidly secured on the outer end of a rockshaft, S, which is journaled in the sides of the hopper and extends transversely across the same above the discharge opening thereof, and carries the cut-off S', which regulates the quantity of grain or seed which passes into the feed-openings of the cylinder K. It will be seen by reference tothe drawings that this cut-oft' may be turned and adj usted on the shaft S, and secured by the setscrew S2 in its adjusted position, so as to automatically regulate the amount of grain which enters the registering openings of the cylinder, as will be readily seen.

To the rear of the hopper are adj ustably secured the adjustable coverers T T; and it will be seen that both the furrow-opening plow and the coverer-blades may be raised or lowered to suit the depth required.

lt will be seen that the reciprocating cylinder K will plant two hills for each revolution of the rear axle, the cut-off regulating with the greatest exactness the quantity of seed discharged into each hill, and when it is desired to double the distance between the hills planted one of the feed-openings of the cylinder may be closed, while, if it is desired to still further ICO e esami increase the distance between the hills, the

central eccentric cam can be removed and a `larger one substituted. The cut-off may be adjusted on its shaft to suit the increased size 5 of the central eccentric cam, N.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The combination, with the main framesupto ported on the front and rear Wheels, of the adj ustable plow, the hopper having the discharge opening7 the cylinder reciprocating beneath the said opening and having the feedopenings formed in it, the transverse shaft hav- JESSE ALFRED CHILDS.

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